Wednesday, May 30, 2012

articles - Determiner and reference grammatical yet don't match in number

I came across this sentence while checking a student's English journal:

"It was unforgettable eight days."



What sounds more natural to me would be:
"It was an unforgettable eight days."



However, "eight days" is obviously plural while "an" can only be singular. Is there a certain grammar rule that allows these to be different in number yet still grammatical?

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